Japan's Kibo is complete! After a series of robotic arm handoffs, the Japanese Exposed Facility is attached to the Kibo Laboratory.
From: ASTRO_127 at the ISS:
EVA1 safely complete. Always a relief when hatch is clsd & everyone’s alright. Almost rdy 4 fnl berthing of Japanese Exposed Facility 2 ISS.
-5 hours ago on Twitter.
NASA Mission to the Moon and Mars...
VIDEO: MARS- Up-close!
VIDEO: Lovely Hubble clip- BIG SCREEN
VIDEO from Louis Vuitton: BIG VIEW
On travel... Will post when I can. Have a nice Day!
Today's Links...
Uh-oh...Obama Administration better NOT be trying to turn NASA into a Giant Carbon-tax machine...
This could be Bad News (and bad luck)
And looks like it was! Read:
NASA Releases Orbiting Carbon Observatory Accident Summary
RELEASE: 09-163
July 17, 2009
WASHINGTON -- A NASA panel that investigated the unsuccessful Feb. 24 launch of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory, or OCO, has completed its report.
NASA's OCO satellite to study atmospheric carbon dioxide launched aboard a Taurus XL rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Feb. 24 at 4:55 a.m. EST, but it failed to reach orbit. read.
